Psychiatrists are likely to spend more of their time in tasks relating to medication management than in talking to patients, say authors of a study appearing in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Fewer than 30% of all visits to psychiatrists between 2004-2006 included psychotherapy, and patients who did receive this were more likely to be white than they were black or Hispanic. Financing may explain the shift and disparities. Reimbursement rates are higher for three 15-minute sessions managing medication than for one 45-minute session of psychotherapy.
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